Michelangelo and the Art of the Italian Renaissance

Michelangelo and the Art of the Italian Renaissance

Term
Subject Area
Course Number
ITAL 2550 601
Course Code
ITAL2550601
Course Key
81195
Day(s)
Tuesday
Thursday
Time
5:15pm-6:45pm
5:15pm-6:45pm
Instructor
Secondary Program
Fulfills
COL-FND-CrossCultural Analysis
Course Description
An introduction to the work of the Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564)-his sculptures, paintings, architecture, poetry, and artistic theory-in relation to his patrons, predecessors, and contemporaries, above all Leonardo and Raphael. Topics include artistic creativity and license, religious devotion, the revival of antiquity, observation of nature, art as problem-solving, the public reception and function of artworks, debates about style, artistic rivalry, and traveling artists. Rather than taking the form of a survey, this course selects works as paradigmatic case studies, and will analyze contemporary attitudes toward art of this period through study of primary sources.
Crosslistings
ITAL2550601
Subject Area Vocab